2011 Dissertation Grants – Stanford University – USA
The China Fund Announces The Availability Of Fellowship Funds To Support Research-Related Activities For Stanford University At USA In 2011
Scholarship Description:
The China Fund announces the availability of fellowship funds to support research-related activities for Stanford advanced-level graduate students specializing in Chinese Studies.The program is intended to fill in the gaps between the availability of university and external funding for graduate work. As a result, awards will be made on a competitive basis to students who are conducting dissertation research, or writing up the results of dissertation research.General Requirements and Overview:
*Stanford University graduate student in advanced standing. Advanced standing assumes that residency requirements have been met (must be registered in TGR status at the time of award disbursal).
* Applicants are required to have completed course work before the period covered by the grant, and should be prepared to undertake full-time research and write-up of the dissertation topic.
* Applicants formal dissertation proposal approval is not necessary at time of application, but must be approved before the starting date of the fellowship
* Fellowships will cover tuition (TGR), travel to, from and within China, and reasonable living expenses. No funds will be available to cover travel or maintenance costs of dependents.
General Requirements:
* Stanford University graduate student in advanced standing. Advanced standing assumes that residency requirements have been met (must be registered in TGR status at the time of award disbursal).
* Applicants are required to have completed course work before the period covered by the grant, and should be prepared to undertake full-time research and write-up of the dissertation topic.
* Applicants formal dissertation proposal approval is not necessary at time of application, but must be approved before the starting date of the fellowship
* Fellowships will cover tuition (TGR), travel to, from and within China, and reasonable living expenses. No funds will be available to cover travel or maintenance costs of dependents.
Project Description:
This description should be clear and concise, especially to readers outside of your discipline, and should be no longer than five double-spaced or three single-spaced typewritten pages. The description should include the following:
* The principal focus of the dissertation research;
* How the data will be organized in the dissertation;
* How the topic relates to Chinese Studies;
* An indication of what you expect will develop in the dissertation (hypothesis, no matter how tentative, which will enable the committee to determine the direction of your thinking and what you hope to accomplish intellectually);
* For applicants in Ph.D. programs in the professional schools, career plans and objectives should also be described, with particular emphasis given to background factors demonstrating a commitment to a career involving China or Chinese-American relations.
Research Timetable:
Timetable for the Completion of Research or of Dissertation. State where your research now stands, what remains to be done, and the estimated date of completion. Should be no longer than one page.
Statement Of Income:
A statement of anticipated grants, loans, and other sources of income should be disclosed with every application. Cost of living awards to students in the dissertation write-up stage of their academic career will be awarded at a standardized level (to be established annually by FSI) and a detailed expense budget is not required, unless living outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. Stipendary awards may be adjusted, for areas with a different cost of living index.
Detailed Budget:
Required when requesting travel funds or living outside of the San Francisco Bay AreaInclude an itemized list of estimated costs and expenditures to be covered during the grant period. The budget should be no longer than one page, with a separate page for budget justification when appropriate (whenever proposed costs are unusually high).
Address:
616 Serra Street
Encina Hall
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
(650) 725-2564 (voice)
(650) 725-2592 (fax)
Last Date To Apply:March 18, 2011
Source:http://fsi.stanford.edu/fellowships/dissertation_grants_in_chinese_studies/
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